Sash-retainer casement



Patented F eb. l9, 1929.

UNITED STATES} vP a'rsl rr OFFICE.

' nALrHwjJENxINs, OFYDALEVILLE, INDIANA.

1 SASH-RETAVINEYR CASEMENT.

Application filed November 2 5, 1927. Serial No. 235,567.-

- adevice' of the-kind referred to, which is simple and economicalof construction and easy to install; which device while permitting of the easy raising or lowering of the window sash, will retain same against vibration .or dislodgement, and Willconstitute a weatherproof closure; and which will be dependable, strong and durable, and not liable to get out of order or repair. I I

H The above named general'objects, as Well as more-specific purposes of'the invention which will be apparent as the specification of my invention proceeds, areaccomplished by, and the invention is embodied in the new construction, combination' and arrangement of parts described in the following specification, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings. The invention isdefined in the appended claims. e

The several parts of the invention, as they appear in the diiferent .viewsin the drawings, are identified by suitable charactersof reference applied to them. a a

In the drawings,- 1

Figure '1 is a front view of my improved sash'retainer casement shown of width and length for a pillar of standard construction.-

Figure 2 is a side: View taken-in the direc tion of the arrow 2in Figure 1. o a 1 .Figure 3 is an enlarged top planfview of Figurel. M v l f Figure I is a sectional top plan view taken on the line 44 in Figure '1.

Figure 5 is a side view of the sash retainer casementsecured in place on a body pillarof standard form, the sash bein g shown in the raised position. Q a

- Figure 6 is'an enlarged sectional plan view taken on'the line 66 in Figure 5 J U j Figure 7 is an interior view of a panel. of motor bus construction, showing the pillars thereof equipped with-my improved sash retainer easements, the window sash being at the raised position. 1 I 7 Figure 8 is a view showing the appearance of the exterior of the body construction and the yvindow casement, as 'illu'stratedin Figure Figure 9 is a vertical cross sectional view taken on the line 9-9 in Figure In the present specification, the invention 1s shown in a form of embodiment suitable for usein vehicle body of standard construction, and in which are used pillars of the usual straight form shown, and, havlng a plain front and rear surface. In the frame construction of a car body of'the type referred to, the spaced pillars 1 and l, as sh own n Figure 7 have their upper ends secured to the longitudinal girth plate 2, and theirlower tothefloor structure 4- The-girthplate and the side plate have the integrally formed drip molds 5 and 6 respectively, At a suitable portions are secured to the side-plate 3,-and

height is the horizontal seat board 7 which is disposed at a suitable height above the floor.

The present invention, broadly stated, contemplates the combination'with the post members or pillars, of channels to retain the vertioaledges of thewindow sash,the said channels j beingadapted to be urged yieldingly toward each other, and being of width greater attheir lower portions. than at their upper portions. To carry the invention into effect I-provide a resilient sheetmetal plate of length equalto substantially twice the height of the sash to be accommodated, andwhich said plate isadaptedto be secured in its central portion, to the pillar. In each of the side portions of I the plate, is formed a longitudinal channel or groove, whosesidesare divergent,,and the width .Of which channelis greater at its lower than at its upper end. The anterior side of the. channel is parallelor coincident with the edge of 'theplate. The lateral portions of the plate and in which portions the said channels are'formed, are bent on linesparallel to the anterior sides of the channels, and at I such angles to the transverse axis of the plate,

that the seats of the channels are'slightly divergent, It is preferable that the said ends shall. be atsuch angle s that the inclines of the channels may be substantially of the degrees as shown in Figure 3.

v The structure ust described may. des. ignated as a sash retainer and pillar casement.

F or. the acconnnodationof a window sash of the size shownhereimwhich is three'eighths of an inch int-hickness,'tw'entyseveninches in width, and about twenty inches in height,.the length ofthis sash retainer and casement is about thirty eightinches. It; is fashioned "from aresilientsheet metal plate, preferably of brass of about number twentyslx gauge,

and which plate,in its form as a blank,is about six inches in width. theprocess of pressing or stamping, there is impressed in each of the side portions of this plate, a longitudinal channel, the Width of whose seat 10 at its upper portion is about one half of .an inch,.and at its lower portion is about three quarters of an inch.

T he margiru-il or edge portion of the plate constitutes the anterior side ll of thischanncl. 12 designates the interior side of the channel. The bending of the s"e "portions of the plate in the formation oi t hese channels is such, that the sides ol the channels are divergent, as shown in the sectional plan view in Figure 3. I

The iateral portions of the plate are bent on lines which are parallel to the edges of the sides 11 of the channels, and at such angles to the transverse axis 'ol the plate, that theseats '10 of the channels are slightlyd-ivergen-t-to eachother, show-nin Figure 3.

Holes 15 in the central portion of the plate, and spaced as shown in Figure 1, permit or the insertion of suitable cap screws 16, by which the casen' ent is secured to the pillar, as shown in Figure "7. 7

To equip a vehicle body structure with my invention, "the sash is disposed in its lowermost position, atlrest on the seat board 7, or upon such other ledge or stop device as may be provided therefor. Between the edges 1'2" and 18 of the sashes olt adjacent window openings, the side portions of the easement occupy the repressed positions as shown in Fig ire 6. The easements are then disposed at the desired heiglit, as shown in Figure 7,

and in Figure 5, and are simply secured to the pillar, by cap-screws 16, their installation thus being complete. Upon the 'e-Xteriorlace-oi the pillar, is secured a that metal plate 20 which constitutes a suitable sheath-- ing or finish for the pillaror post member, as shown in Figures 6 and 8.

The manner in which this improved retainer and casement device operates to eiitectively retain the sash, may be readily understood by reference to Figures 5, and 6.

When. the sash is at the raised position and with its support catch '19 enga 'ed on the lip 6 of the drip mold '6 of thesic e plate 3, the sash frame will have strained the channels toward each other, the edges of the sash being at engagement with the sides 11 of the channels. I The window opening thus is closed, and the effect of the pressure of the channels against the edges of the sash, is to hold same tightly against vibration.

'lo lower the'sash it isfirst lifted slightly and moved inwardly, sufficiently to have disengaged the catch 19 from the lip-6 of the side plate. The effect then of the pressure of the channels against the edges of the sash,

is "to cause a tendency ot the sash to move'tobe made, in rendering same available 'to' r' trame an d sash construction of various forms and styles, without departing from the spirit of the invention as same is defined in the appended claims.

What 1 cl m as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A window sash retz ner casement section, comprising a resilient channel shaped plate adaptedto have the body portion secured to the inner face of the 'pillar and having a longitudinal channel termed in each on? its side portions each channel being-of width greater at one end than at the other end, and

one side oi' said channel being parallel with the edge at said side portion, each o l said side portions being bent on a line parallel with the longitudinaledge thereof so that the seats of the channels on their transverse axes are slightly divergent from each other.

lln vehicle body construction, the combinati on with the post 'mcnrber oif the window structure, a resilient channel shaped plate having a longitudinal channel formed in its side portion, the sides of said channelbeing divergent from the seatoi the channel, and said channel being of width greater at its upper end than at its lower end, the said side portion being bent a line parallel with one of the sides eit the channel, and at an angle transverse tothe longitudinal axis oithe plate; c 7

S. In combination with the pilla plate, side plate, and seat board of hicle b dy, a resilient plate substantially U shape vin cross section having alongi'tudinal channel termed-in each of its sideportions, each channelbein-p; of width greater :at its lower end than at its upper end, the

seats of said channels on their transverse "axes being divergent from each other, the

said resilient plate being adapted to be secured at its central portion to thegiimerlace otthe pillar and extending; Efrem a plane above the bottom of thegirth plate to a {plane approximately near the plane foit the seat board, and a plate secured to theko'uter face of the pillar and being of width to constitute abutments tor the free edges of the sash "retai-ner pl ate.

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